Triple

T2546761
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bachelor Mother E57919 entity
Predicate leadActorRole P5563 FINISHED
Object David Niven as David Merlin
David Niven as David Merlin is the charming, wealthy department store heir and romantic lead portrayed by Niven in the 1939 screwball comedy film "Bachelor Mother."
E277949 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: David Niven as David Merlin | Statement: [Bachelor Mother, leadActorRole, David Niven as David Merlin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Niven as David Merlin
Context triple: [Bachelor Mother, leadActorRole, David Niven as David Merlin]
  • A. Felix Aylmer
    Felix Aylmer was a distinguished English character actor known for his refined, often authoritative roles in British stage and film productions of the mid-20th century.
  • B. Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
    Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was an American actor best known for his starring roles in the television series "77 Sunset Strip" and "The F.B.I."
  • C. William Davidson Niven
    William Davidson Niven was a Scottish mathematician and physicist known for his editorial work on major scientific texts and his contributions to mathematical education in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • D. Peter M. Nicholas
    Peter M. Nicholas was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of Boston Scientific and a major benefactor of environmental education and research.
  • E. Eddie Bracken
    Eddie Bracken was an American comedic actor known for his roles in 1940s and 1950s film comedies and Broadway productions.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: David Niven as David Merlin
Triple: [Bachelor Mother, leadActorRole, David Niven as David Merlin]
Generated description
David Niven as David Merlin is the charming, wealthy department store heir and romantic lead portrayed by Niven in the 1939 screwball comedy film "Bachelor Mother."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Niven as David Merlin
Target entity description: David Niven as David Merlin is the charming, wealthy department store heir and romantic lead portrayed by Niven in the 1939 screwball comedy film "Bachelor Mother."
  • A. Felix Aylmer
    Felix Aylmer was a distinguished English character actor known for his refined, often authoritative roles in British stage and film productions of the mid-20th century.
  • B. Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
    Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was an American actor best known for his starring roles in the television series "77 Sunset Strip" and "The F.B.I."
  • C. William Davidson Niven
    William Davidson Niven was a Scottish mathematician and physicist known for his editorial work on major scientific texts and his contributions to mathematical education in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • D. Peter M. Nicholas
    Peter M. Nicholas was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of Boston Scientific and a major benefactor of environmental education and research.
  • E. Eddie Bracken
    Eddie Bracken was an American comedic actor known for his roles in 1940s and 1950s film comedies and Broadway productions.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69ab4a5212d88190b989ce129f2ad87f completed March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd2e5152c8190b31a5e732d0dde44 completed March 7, 2026, 7:25 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af5d0a884c81909d7f537a79ccb435 completed March 9, 2026, 11:51 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af5dfad3d88190937d482098af0143 completed March 9, 2026, 11:55 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af5e6449e4819084313a5b44d46044 completed March 9, 2026, 11:57 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m.